Pond Hockey Day On The Ridge!

Today we went down to the creek and played some hockey. I don't know why I never thought of this before, it was way easier than hauling water and making a rink in the backyard! My neighbor came up with the idea and had the ice all cleared off.

Erinn working on her technique.

Kirby didn't have skates so she just hung out.

Dad's still got it.

Everyone got into the action.

Blair on a breakaway.

The smiles & rosie cheeks say it all!

More smiles!

Dad's little ice angel.

Just Hanging Out

Reading...

Deer on the mound...

Dad's Adventure with the Girls!

"For today's adventure girls daddy is going to get into a traffic accident!" I said as we slammed into the back of the red pickup truck. Just when we thought it was over we were hit from behind as a red mini-van careened into the back of us.
"Wow that was fun, can we do that again?" Erinn shouted from the back seat!
"My neck hurts." Kirby said from the seat beside me. "Does this mean we're going to be late for the party?"

"Ah, you guys get to have all the fun!" Blair exclaimed when him and mom showed up a short while later.
"Sure glad it wasn't me." Mom said as she surveyed the damage.

Today I was ferrying the girls around the city, we came to an intersection which was extremely icy and after making an unsuccessful effort to stop, prior to slamming into the back of a Toyota truck, we were then rear ended by a little red mini-van.
The intersection was so icy that when I got out to survey the damage I fell flat on my butt!
The end result is pictured below...

Luckily no airbag deployment!

The impact knocked the signal lights out of the grille, I was able to just pop them back in.

Thankfully the bumper wasn't pushed in any further otherwise it would of hit the radiator.

The tailgate was knocked right off and hanging by the cables, I was able to just put it back on.

The only noticeable damage on the back end was to the trailer plug, which was pushed in. The red Dodge Caravan didn't fair so well, it's front bumper was pushed in and the hood accordioned.
All was not in vain, I got a good visit in with the cops when they arrived, an old friend I hadn't seen in a while.

Meccano Car Complete

For Christmas Blair got a Meccano Set car from mama & papa. Over the holiday him and grandpa started it but after a while it got set aside and finding the time to work on it just wasn't working out. Finally yesterday dad sat down and finished it, after several hours and lots of cursing it was completed!

Blair with the finished product, you can tell by the cheezy smile that he's a satisfied customer!

Enjoying the White-stuff!

Yesterday we went out to the farm near Bow Island to see how much snow they really had and wow, were we impressed; Blair & I anyway.

Blair standing on top of the 6 foot high drift created by a Manyberries Chinook!

Those shrubs sticking up out of the snow are actually the tops of the 8 foot high lilac trees along the south side of the yard!

Me scaling a big drift with my new snowshoes.

Blair put more miles on my snowshoes than I did.

The driveway had one narrow path that Papa was able to plow out last week.

Prior to Papa plowing out, which you can see a picture of on The Weather Network website, they were stuck in the yard, unable to leave!

Happy New Year!

Back to the grind!

New Years Zimmer Style

This year for New Years we surprised the kids and told them we were taking them somewhere but not where. They packed all their stuff in the van and we drove east, then north, then west and finally south, back into Medicine Hat, ending up at the Holiday Inn Express for the night!

Kirby's friend Shae came for a visit and to do some water sliding, and eating!

Mom & Blair hanging out on the couch!

The girls texting each other.

Dad & Blair hanging out on the fold-out bed.

Erinn all ready to welcome in the New Year; her and Carolyn didn't make it!!!

More Zimmer Christmas

Just before Christmas the Van Ham clan from Strathmore came to visit. Thanks to a snow storm & poor roads them ended up spending the night which was an added bonus.

Relaxing by the fire enjoying some laughs.

The boys playing some Mario Kart on the Wii.

Bubbles came home for the holidays too.

The kids with some new games.

On Boxing Day Grandma & Grandpa showed up.

Blair hanging out with Grandpa.

Just what we needed, more booze!

A Van Ham Christmas

The Van Ham Christmas was made interesting this year with everyone getting gifts from China, which in fact isn't unusual since everything on earth almost is Made in China, but these gifts actually came from China via Mama & Papa who were there in November.

The Nativity on Mama's 'ol truck at the farm. They had a whiter Christmas then us this year!

Blair with his Shanghai t-shirt and "Rolex" from China.

Kirby got an authentic silk Chinese dress.

And so did Erinn.

We got pure silk robes and I got some Chinese hooch!

Christmas at the Zimmers

Christmas came and went, things were so busy as our fans noticed we didn't have time to update the blog, so be prepared, here it is...


The customary visit to Santa.

The impending letter to Santa.

Decorating the tree.

Decorating the house, in and out.

And with the cold, snowy weather we had a White Christmas this year!